[Rdd]

I presume the Irish Saturday 3pm will be announced closer to the time the rest of the international rights are confirmed rather than this week?

It’s usually much later on alright. As you may know the ROI rights sale is done unlike any other international sale - uniquely, the rights are always divided into the same packages as the UK, with an additional package of Saturday 3pm games. The expectation is that the UK rights holders will obtain “mirror” rights to the games in Ireland, which has happened in all but one instance (Amazon failed to obtain mirror rights to its packages in Ireland, which went to Premier Sports). Would expect Premier to retain the 3pm package barring a surprise bid from VMTV.